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Dear David,

Many thanks for your long and interesting letter. What a pity, though, that you had to write about what
Jonathan has been up to in it. I must say it seemed to me quite unnecessary. I couldn't of course let
Amanda read it, though she kept asking for days. Rather thoughtless of you, dear, wasn't it, because
naturally the children are interested in your letters.
You didn't tell me, by the way, that _________ a bomb explosion in your office building shortly after
you arrived, but I suppose you didn't want to worry us. Were you in any danger? If things get any
worse you'll just have to come home, and we'll have to manage without all that money.
By the way, as you didn't answer my question about the washing- machine, I have bought a new one.
Fully automatic; and rather expensive but it's super.
I heard about the bomb from Mr. Zapp. A very curious visit, which I must tell you about. He came
round the other evening with the book you wanted. It was the most awkward time. about six just as we
were about to have dinner but I felt that I had to invite him in since he'd taken the trouble to bring your
book round and he looked rather miserable standing in the wet snow outside the front door wearing
waterproof boots and a funny fur hat. He didn't need any persuading - practically knocked me over in
his eagerness to get in the house. I took him into the front room for a quick drink. but it was like an
iceberg - I don't bother to light a fire in there now you're always - so I had to take him into the dining-
room, where the children were just beginning to fight because they were hungry for their dinner. I
asked him if he would mind me serving the children their meal while he finished his drink, hoping this
would give him the idea that he should leave promptly, but he said no, he didn't mind and I should eat
too, and he took off his hat and coat and sat down to watch us. And I mean watch us. His eyes
followed every movement from dish to plate to mouth. It was very embarrassing. The children fell
strangely silent, and I could see that Amanda and Robert were looking at each other and going red in
the face with the effort of trying not to laugh. In the end I had to ask him if he wouldn't like to join us for
the meal.

Love
Rosemary

1. According to Rosemary, in the first paragraph,

A) Rosemary thanked Jonathan for telling about Jonathan’s life.

B) Amanda read all the letter and she loved it.
C) Jonathan made a good choice telling them about David
D) There was no point in writing about Jonathan.

2. “ It must say it seemed to me quite unnecessary”. Which word cannot be used as in the bold-faced
word?

A) tidy
B) happy
C) appropriate
D) ripe

3. Which word below can be used in the same way as “Many thanks for your long and interesting
letter”

a) Money (INCONTÁVEL)
b) Information (INCONTÁVEL)
c) Work (INCONTÁVEL)
d) Job (CONTÁVEL)
4. “You didn't tell me, by the way, that _________ a bomb explosion in your office building shortly after
you arrived”. Which term can fill in the gap above?

A) there is
B) there are
C) there were(outras pessoas)
D) there was(3 p singular)

5. What is the problem in the second paragraph?

A) There was a bomb in his office that could change their lives if it had exploded.
B) David not telling Rose about the bomb.
C) How their lives would change without that Money.
D) Her desire to have David home with the children.

6. The word waterproof in “ He looked rather miserable...wearing waterproof boots” is na example of

(A PROVA D'ÁGUA)=Ligado à boots(botas)

A) an adjective
B) a noun
C) a verb
D) an adverb.

7. She invited him to join them for the dinner because

A) She wanted to have his company since he is one of his husband’s friends.
B) he insisted on getting into the house to watch them eating.
C) In addition to having him there because of the book Jonathan wanted, he looked awful outside in
the snow.
D) She was embarassed in not inviting him after having him going there to give them the book

8. Why did the children go red in the face?

a) They had been fighting.

b) They were having difficulty in not laughing.
c) They were hiking paces at each other.
d) It was too hot in the dining room.

9. The road will certainly bring _______ work and help ______ people

A) few amount of – a lot of

B) lots of – much
C) much – a lot of (singular plural)
D) many – many

10. ‘Do you know how to drive?’

‘No, sir, not really,’ she shouts back __________.

A) cheer
B) cheerfuller
C) in cheerful
D) cheerfully

11. Who was _____ first presidente of _____ United States?

A) ø– the
B) the – ø
C) the - the
D) a – an

12. Gary was ill ____ last week, so he didn’t go to ____ work.

A) ø - ø
B) the – the
C) ø – the
D) the – ø

13. I was hungry when I got home, but __________ anything to eat.

A) there hasn’t been

B) it wasn’t
C) there weren’t
D) there wasn’t

14. ______ three kilometres from our house to the city centre.

A) It’s
B) It has
C) There is
D) There are

15. _______ true that you’re going away?

A) Is there
B) Is it
C) Is
D) Are you

16. Did you have a good Holiday? _________________

A) How was the weather like?

B) What was the weather like?
C) What the weather was like?
D) Was the weather like?

17. ________ taller – Joe or Gary?

A) Who is (pessoa)
B) What is
C) Which is (escolha)
D) Who has

18. There are four umbrelas here. __________ is yours?

A) What
B) Who
C) Which(escolha)
D) Which one

19. Oxford is famous for ______ university.

A) his
B) its
C) it’s
D) their

20. I went out to meet a friend of ______

A) mine
B) my
C) me
D) myself

21. We had a good Holiday. We enjoyed __________

A) us
B) our
C) ours
D) ourselves

22. Kate and Helen are good friends. They know _______ well.

A) theirselves
B) themselves
C) each other
D) them

23. What’s your job? _________________

A) I dentist.
B) I’m a dentist (Profissão antecedida de artigo, no singular)
C) I’m dentist
D) I do dentist

24. I’m going shopping. I need __________________

A) some new jeans

B) a new jeans
C) a new pair of jeans
D) a new pair jeans

25. I’d like ______________ about hotel in London.

A) some information (afirmativa)(contável)

B) some informations (afirmativa)
C) an information(incontável)
D) an informations(incontável)

26. We enjoyed our holiday. _______ was quite nice.

A) Hotel
B) A hotel
C) An hotel
D) The hotel

27. My house is at ______________________.

A) end of street
B) end of the street
C) the end of the street
D) the end of street
28. What did you have for _______________?

A) the breakfast
B) breakfast
C) a breakfast
D) some breakfast

29. We don’t eat ____________ very often.

A) the meat (The= usado para citar algo anteriormente dito, lugares, específico,algo
único,classes,instrumento musicais,lugares interessantes=o)
B) some meat
C) a meat
D) meat

30. Is there a bank near here? ‘Yes, there’s __________ at the end of this street.’

A) some
B) it
C) one
D) a one

31. Where’s your luggage? I haven’t got ___________

A) No
B) No one (Ninguém)
C) any
D) none (nada)

32. What did you say? _______________

A) Nothing(Nada) afirmativa
B) Nobody (Ninguém)
C) Anything(Nada)negativa, (alguma coisa= interrogativa), (qualquer coisa afirmativa)
D) Not anything

33. Bill watches TV for about two hours ____________.

A) all evening(total)(contável)
B) all evenings(total)(contável)
C) every evenings (frequência)(incontável)
D) every evening(frequência)(incontável)

34. _________________ friends.

A) Everybody need (Todo mundo)

B) Everybody needs (Todo mundo)+verbo+s
C) Everyone need (Ninguém)
D) Everyone needs (Ninguém)+verbo+s

35. Have you got ________ friends?

A) much (Incontável=Muito)=Formal
B) many (Contável=Muitos)=Formal
C) lot of
D) much of

36. We like films, so we go to the cinema _________.

A) a lot of (Muito/Muitos=Many=Much) Informal

B) much (Muito=Incontável)=Formal
C) many(Muitos=Contável)=Formal
D) a lot (Muito/Muitos=Many=Much) Informal

37. They have ________ Money, so they’re not poor.

A) a little (Incontável=algum)
B) a few (Contável=alguns)
C) few (Contável=pouco)
D) little (Contável=pouco)

38. You speak English very ______.

A) good Bom(Coisas, pessoas)

B) fluent
C) well Bem(ações)
D) slow

39. Hellen wants __________

A) a bigger car (Um carro maior)

B) a car bigger
C) a car more big
D) a more big car

40. I can run faster _________________

A) than him (than= usado para adjetivo de superioridade/inferioridade ex:more/less poupular

than= mais/menos popular do que)
B) that he can
C) than he can
D) as he can

41. Tennis isn’t ________________ football.

A) popular as
B) popular than
C) as popular than (than= usado para adjetivo de superioridade/inferioridade ex:more/less
poupular than= mais/menos popular do que)
D) as popular as (tão poupular quanto)

42. Why don’t you buy a car? You’ve got ___________.

A) enough money
B) money enough (Subst/Adjetivo + Enought(Suficiente/Bastante))
C) enough of money
D) any money